I thought we should bring some attention to this.
Looks like they play the same game there as they do in the US. Get most of their income from investment vs actual salary, and of course the investment is taxed less than regular income.
I will never understand why capital gains should be taxed less than income. It’s in itself a statement against the working class.
Richest Americans: “You guys pay taxes?”
Hmm, in USA, the richest 1% payed 42.3% of all income taxes in 2020.
Starting next year they will be in the US too. We just had to wait for Trump’s cuts for the wealthy to expire.
Of course, someone had to shit on America.
Which never deserves shitting on since it’s a marvelous place that only does good for its citizens and the world!
Yes, clearly, by pointing out the absurdity of shitting on America in a piece about the Netherlands, I’m saying that America is perfect. It’s always black and white; there’s no room for nuance.
It’s only absurd if you don’t consider taxation of the rich a geopolitical issue.
But I would suggest most people here do not share that belief.
It’s only absurd if you don’t consider taxation of the rich a geopolitical issue.
If you had said something about billionaires across the world, this defense would hold some water. But it wasn’t, it was just mindless shitting on America. Couldn’t just talk about another country and it’s problems, without the knee-jerk claim that America is worse.
Which is the country that by far has the most billionaires?
Go ahead and look it up, I’ll wait.
Which is the country that by far has the most billionaires?
The US. You said it’s a worldwide issue. The US is the world now?
Its hard not to when y’all elect people like trump and biden
If it’s hard for you to talk about anything other than shitting on the US, that sounds like you have an obsession problem.
As an American, I can’t help but wonder why you’re so defensive of the US. It’s like you’re a shitty guy who just heard someone say they would pick the bear.
If it’s an article about the us being shitty, and people point out the us is shitty, I wouldn’t say anything because that’s the topic. But it’s tired when it’s just every time anything is mentioned, someone here has to point out that the us is shitty.
Basically, you have it backwards. It’s not me constantly being defensive of the us, it’s everyone here constantly attacking it.
Then do your part to not make your country a fucking shithole that throws shit at the rest of the world.
Fuck has Team America not taught y’all anything?
I mean Team America was a pretty lowkey pro military intervention and pro america movie, to be honest. He’d probably have the opinion he would have if he had watched that movie and especially if he’d listened to the classic longwinded matt and trey speech that they throw in at the end to kind of spell out the message, it’s just that nobody really watches or remembers anything other than the like, first 20 minutes of that movie, where the protagonists get hit with kind of a low point and “america” kind of looks bad, because those first twenty minutes make the most memorable use of the gag.
How does me pointing out that this knee jerk America hating has shit all to do with the article preclude me from working to make the us a better place?
Or are you like flying squid and you can’t fathom a world where some doesn’t join in a mindless circle jerk, so they just think the exact opposite?
America has been Shitting on Canada for a long time. Alaska should belong to Canada ya fuckwit
Lol wtf does Canada and Alaska have to do with anything? Holy shit that’s an insane post.
Ah one does not know history… Do yourself a favour and stop eating taco bell
So…nothing? Layering on more insanity doesn’t remove the previous insanity.
Your rich people pay taxes?!?
Lucky.
Yeah and those 28% they “pay” they probably get back from the irs with some creative number swapping… fuck off they dont pay shit. Meanwhile i have to pay for my electricity twice, one to use it and second time because i also produce it because i have solar panels and dont use it al straight away. fuck off please.
Misleading title. Not incorrect, but it is based on what the source of income is, it is not about how rich you are relative to the rest of the population. The title makes it sound like if you make a certain amount of money, your tax rate is lowered. Alternatively, it sounds like the richest Dutch are evading 12% worth of taxes. But neither of these are true statements AFAIK, and either way they aren’t made in the article, so the title is misleading.
Edit: Changed “the top 1%” to “the richest Dutch”.
It’s still ridiculous that capital is taxed at a lower rate than labor.
Yeah, not like the working classes aren’t starved of actual cost of living wages and have to scale back everything in the ‘age of subscription fees’. This also isn’t limited to NL.🥲
It’s almost as if rich people are the common denominator in this equation. Substitute this person into a new context and they find a way to exploit the game in that arena.
The answer lies in the hands of the people who make stuff. When we say we are not going to play this game any more rich people are forced to the negotiation table because they have no chance to make any of the stuff, their stock and trade is lies.
The problem is this relies on the people who make stuff making a huge sacrifice on behalf of everyone else. This won’t change until everyone else is willing to at least match what rich people can offer to people who make stuff. Unfortunately everyone else are not willing to match this unless people who make stuff can offer a product of equivalent value. Making a product of equivalent value takes time, which gives rich people ample opportunity to offer more than everyone else is willing to.
The shift in power from concentrated wealth has been happening for a long time. After the plagues of the 13th century there was a shortage of skilled labour which tipped the balance of power towards common people. This trend has continued despite the tendency towards concentration of wealth. Contemporary examples of this phenomena are the rise of tech workers and open source tools. The pushback from the wealthy class takes the form of closed and proprietary systems, such as Apple products. Whatever we can do as individuals to create open platforms such as Lemmy, Wikipedia and Linux are the way forward.
There’s only two things I hate in this world:
- Those who are intolerant of other people’s culture.
- The Dutch.
So you like politicians? BAD! BAD BOY! GET OUTTA HERE! GO! GO ON! GYET!
